Premier Ag has opened in Colome. Premier Ag
is a locally owned and operated feed business providing customized feed rations
delivered to the farm/ranch. The business is owned by locals Vince and Lenna
Thieman. Their son, Holden Thieman, is the general manager of the business with
Bob Gnirk as the assistant manager. Kenny Jorgensen is operating as the service
specialist and Avery Davis is the livestock production specialist and Purina
Feeds representative. The store office is managed by Darcy Assman.
The Thieman’s purchased the business from
Hansen Mueller on May 25, 2022 with the grand opening on June 1. Thieman says
Premier Ag store will provide the same services of the former Colome Farm
Service providing grind-and-mix services and selling Purina products. The
business is located at the same location as the legendary “Colome Farm Service”
on Highway 18.
Thieman says his team plans to build up the
business and serve the local community. “We want to distribute the best
products to our customers at competitive prices prioritizing customer’s ag
needs,” said Thieman.
The business sells bulk feeds, bagged feed,
creep feeds, creep feeders, salt, mineral, corn—whole, rolled, cracked, as well
as oats and liquid feed. The store offers grain bank storage to local farmers/producers.
Premier Ag also has the special ability to
help ranchers customize their livestock rations and provide complete diets
based on their livestock needs. It is the team’s goal to truly put “your ag
needs first.”
Premier Ag has started to host public
meetings to provide information to farmers and ranchers. A sheep and goat
meeting was held Aug. 23 with nearly 40 people in attendance. There are plans
in place for a cattle focused producer meeting in September with details coming
soon.
Thieman says Premier Ag is an expansion of
Thieman Hay which has been a locally owned business operating out of Colome for
20 plus years. With Holden Thieman coming home from college, Vince said it
seemed like a natural fit. Holden has a degree in business and agriculture from
Dakota Wesleyan University.
Future plans call for installing a new
grain leg to speed up the unloading of grain commodities. This should handle
6,000 to 8,000 bushels an hour. The company also plans to put up more grain
bins to increase storage. Currently, they have 240,000 bushels of grain storage
capacity and are looking to by corn from local customers.
Thieman says, we are willing to working
with customers…putting their ag needs first with Purina products as a core.
Purina is a company with great research based products, and we look forward to
working with a company that has over 100 years of experience in the feed
business. Thieman also mentioned Premier Ag is family owned and operated and
when making the decision of which feed company to partner with, Purina stood
out. Not only does Purina hold high standards in their products as top of the
line quality, but hold similar values to the Thieman Family in relation to
taking care of customers and treating them like family.
The hours of operation are 8 a.m. to 5:30
p.m. Monday through Friday. Premier Ag is closed Saturday, Sunday and holidays.
For more information or to order products you can call Premier Ag at (605)
842-3619, email us at premierag@gwtc.net, visit our website at www.premier-ag.com
or our Facebook page Premier Ag.
Karen Mae (Jerred) Sorber, age 77, of
Orange City, Iowa, passed away on Monday, Aug. 15, 2022, at the Happy Siesta
Health Care Center in Remsen, Iowa. Services will be held at a later date.
Arrangements are being completed by the Oolman Funeral Home in Orange City.
Karen was born on Feb. 24, 1945, in
Bassett, Neb., the daughter of James (Jay) Jerred and Evelyn (Anderson) Jerred.
She grew up on her family’s farm near the small town of Wewela, South Dakota,
and attended Keya Paha County High School in Springview, Neb., graduating in
1963.
On April 2, 1966, she married Kenneth
Howard Sorber in Winner, South Dakota. They farmed near Wewela, until 1976,
when they moved to Atlanta, Neb., and started a custom fertilizer business with
Karen working as the bookkeeper. In 1990, they relocated to Okeechobee,
Florida, where they remained until Kenny’s retirement in 1998. They then
returned to the Midwest, settling in Anthon, Iowa, where Karen worked at the
Post Office in the nearby town of Lawton, Iowa. Kenny passed away on July 18,
2005, at their home in Anthon, after more than 39 years of marriage.
Soon after Kenny’s passing, Karen spent a
few years living near her children’s families in Orange City and Exeter, New
Hampshire, before settling in Williamsburg, Iowa to be close to Lori’s family
again. In October of 2021, she relocated to Orange City along with the Trevino
family. She enjoyed solving crossword puzzles, playing board games, walking,
attending bible study, and especially attending every sports event her grandchildren
participated in, near and far. However, due to her declining health, she became
a resident of the Happy Siesta Care Center in December, 2021.
Karen was currently attending the New Hope
Evangelical Free Church in Orange City. She had previously been a member of the
Life Church in Coralville, Iowa, where she often served as a door greeter, and
of the Morningside Assembly of God in Sioux City, Iowa. She left a legacy of a
prayer warrior for her family, a true American patriot, and a strong woman of faith
through a beautiful servant’s heart — always willing to help others in any way
that she could.
Survivors include a daughter and her
husband, Lori and Roy Trevino, of Orange City, Iowa; a son and his wife, Kevin
and Anne Sorber, of Exeter, New Hampshire; six grandchildren, Gaetan, Graeson,
and Alaena Trevino, and Grant, Benjamin, and George Sorber; four sisters Nancy
Jerred; Dorothy, and her husband, David Shallcross; Jane, and her husband,
Eldon Peters; and Veda, and her husband, Harold Parlet; and a sister-in-law,
Carol Jerred.
In addition to her parents and husband, she
was preceded in death by her brother, Merton (Gene) Jerred.
Geraldine Valla, 93, of Winner, SD passed
away on Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022 at the Winner Regional Long Term Care Center in
Winner, SD.
Funeral services were held on Saturday,
Aug. 27, 2022 at 10 a.m. at the Assembly of God Church in Winner, SD. Burial
followed in the Winner City Cemetery.
Geraldine Jeanne Valla was born in rural
Winner, South Dakota to Joseph and Mary (Nemec) Valla on Jan. 4, 1929. She passed into the presence of her Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ on Aug. 20, 2022.
Geri (Geraldine) attended her first year of
school in Spencer, NE and eleven years in Winner Public Schools graduating from
Winner High School in 1946. After
graduating from high school, she attended North Central Bible College in
Minneapolis for three years.
In September 1952, she began employment at
Schramm Furniture as a bookkeeper and worked there for 50 years. Upon retirement, Geri volunteered at the
local thrift store.
Geri found Jesus to be her personal Lord
and Savior at a revival meeting in
Gregory, SD at age 16.
She was one of the founding members of
Winner Assembly of God Church where she worshipped God faithfully and served in
many capacities until health dictated otherwise. Geri was a tremendous encourager and
supporter of her church and community.
She was preceded in death by her parents,
her brother Paul, her sister Lillian Flescher, and her sister Marian
Morris.
She is survived by her niece Louise Palovitch and her great-niece Deb Estes, both of Fontana, Calif.
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